Welcome to Art Room 104! Well, I no longer teach in room 104...it's now room 309, but the heart is still there! I have now transitioned into teaching 7th-12th grades, and my focus is now moving towards Choice Based Learning in the art room. Join me on my journey as I enter new territory, experiment, and share how I fit it all into the realm of Common Core!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Still Life Assessment

Today I started using my pre-assessments for fourth grade. This is a class I am not including in my SLO's this year, but I am running through the assessments anyways to see how they work. I am giving them two days to draw from the still life, and I didn't give them the rubric for this because I want it to be based purely off of what they currently know how to do. Oh, and here is my finished class door too!

Yes! And so far, they are acing their pre-assessments! That is, they're bombing them! (Which isn't a bad thing...come June when they have their post-assessments, they should pass with flying colors!) I've now had these students for two years and I can't believe the basic art ideas that they have forgotten over the summer! Something as simple as using a horizon line is something that has been forgotten on at least 75% of the drawings I've seen so far. I'll be posting some of the completed pre-assessment still life drawings tomorrow after they have their second work day.

I just bought regular spray paint from Walmart. I think I used a total of 3 cans to spray everything that is on that still life display...I really loaded it on there (had to cover up the labels ;) ). I used two bottles of Valspar White Matte spray paint and one can of 98 cent Walmart spray paint, matte finish also.

Hi! It looks like you are doing some amazing things! As a NNY I have to let you know about NYSATA and region 3! I am the chair and think you have some great things to contribute to our association! Please find us on nysata.org or Facebook nysata region 3. I look forward to hearing from you!

About Me

I have now entered my 7th year of teaching in a very small, extremely rural district. I've been an elementary art teacher for 3 years, a K-12 teacher for 3 years, and now, I am a 7th-12th grade high school art teacher...my dream grade levels! I am also a Jamberry consultant, and while I don't find much time to make my own art anymore, I love to design my own jams!